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LAWS 

of the 

State of Illinois 



Relating to 



Contagious and 

Infectious Diseases 

Among Domestic 

Animals 




[Printed by authority of ihe State of Illinois.] 






STATE BOARD OF LIVE STOCK 
COMMISSIONERS. 

B. J. Shanley, Chairman. 
L. F. Brown, Member. 
R. M. Patterson, Member. 
O. E. Dyson, State Veterinarian. 
C. A. Lowrey, Secretary. 



oT of B. 

FEB 15 1919 



Schnepp & Barnes, State Printers 

Springfield, III. 

1915. 



4pth General Assembly. 

HOUSE BILL NO. 562. 

(Approved June 29, 1915.) 

An Act entitled, "An Act to amend sections 
(2) and eight (8) of an Act entitled, 'An Act 
to revise the law in relation to the suppression 
and prevention of the spread of contagious and 
infectious diseases among domestic animals,' " 
approved June 14, 1909, in force July 1, 1900. 

Section 1. Be it enacted by the People of the 
State of Illinois, represented in the General 
Assembly: That sections two (2) and eight (8) 
of An Act entitled, "An to revise the law in 
relation to the suppression and prevention of 
the spread of contagious and infectious diseases 
among domestic animals ;" be and the same is 
hereby amended to read as follows : 

§ 2. It shall be the duty of said Board of Live 
Stock Commissioners to cause to be investigated 
any and all cases, or alleged cases, coming to 
their knowledge, of communicable diseases among 
domestic animals, within this State, and to use 
all proper means to prevent the spread of such 
diseases, and to provide for the extirpation there- 
of ; and in the event of reasonable ground for 
the belief that any such communicable disease 
exists in this State, it shall be the duty of the 
person owning or having in charge any animal 
or animals infected with such disease, or any 
other person having knowledge or reason to 
suspect the existence of such disease, to imme- 
diately notify said Board of Live Stock Com- 
missioners, or some member thereof, by com- 
munication to said board or member, of the 
existence of such disease, and thereupon it shall 
be the duty of said board, or some member 
thereof, or authorized agent of the board, imme- 
diately to cause proper examination thereof to 
be made, and if such disease shall be found to 
be a dangerously contagious or dangerously in- 
fectious malady, said board, or any member 
thereof, or the State Veterinarian" or any Assist- 
ant State Veterinarian, shall order such diseased 
animals, and such as have been exposed, to con- 



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tagion, and the premises in or on which they are, 
or which may have been recently occupied by 
them, to be strictly quarantined; and they shall 
have power to order any premises and farms 
where the disease exists, or has recently existed, 
as well as exposed premises and farms, to be 
put in quarantine so that no domestic animal 
which has been or is so diseased, or has been 
exposed to such communicable disease, be re- 
moved from the premises so quarantined, nor 
allow any animal susceptible to such disease to 
be brought therein or thereon, except under such 
rules and regulations as said Board of Live 
Stock Commissioners may prescribe, which quar- 
antine, and every quarantine established under 
the provisions of this Act, shall remain in force 
and effect until removed by order of said Board ; 
and said board shall prescribe such regulations 
as they may deem necessary to prevent any such 
disease from being communicated from any such 
diseased animal or exposed animal or from the 
infected premises or through any other means of 
communication. In all such cases the said Board 
of Live Stock Commissioners, or in case the 
number of animals shall not exceed five, any 
member thereof, shall have power to order the 
slaughter of any or all of such diseased or ex- 
posed animals. The said board shall also have 
power to cause to be destroyed all barns, stables, 
premises, fixtures, furniture and personal prop- 
erty infected with. any such communicable disease 
so far as in their judgment may be necessary to 
prevent the spread of such disease and where 
the same cannot be properly disinfected ; and 
to order the disinfection of all cars, boats or 
other vehicles used in transporting animals af- 
fected with any such communicable disease, or 
that have been exposed to the contagion thereof, 
and the disinfection of all yards, pens and chutes 
that may have been used in handling such dis- 
eased or exposed animals. 

When the said board, upon the written report 
of the State Veterinarian, or any of his assistants, 
determines that any animal is affected with, or 
has been exposed to any dangerously contagious 
or infectious disease, the board or any member 
thereof or any of its duty authorized agents, may 
agree with the owner upon the value of such 
animal or of any property that it may be found 
necessary to destroy, and in case such an agree- 
ment cannot be made, said animals or property 



shall be appraised by three competent and dis- 
interested appraisers, one to be selected by the 
State Board of Live Stock Commissioners, one 
by the claimant and one by the two appraisers 
thus selected. Such appraisers shall subscribe 
to an oath in writing to fairly value such animals 
or property in accordance with the requirements 
of this Act, which oath, together with the valua- 
tion fixed by such appraisers, shall be filed with 
the board and be preserved by them. 

Upon such appraisement being made, it shall 
become the duty of the owner to immediately 
destroy such animals and to dispose of the car- 
casses thereof, and to disinfect the premises 
occupied by such animals, in accordance with 
the rules prescribed by said board governing such 
destruction and disinfection. And upon his fail- 
ure so to do said board, or any member thereof, 
shall cause such animal or animals or property 
to be destroyed and disposed of, and thereupon 
such owner shall forfeit all right to receive any 
compensation for the destruction of such animal 
or animals or property. When the board, upon 
the written opinion of the State Veterinarian, or 
of any Assistant State Veterinarian, determines 
that any barns, stables, outbuildings or premises 
are so infected that the same cannot be disin- 
fected, they may quarantine such barns, stables, 
outbuildings or premises from use for the animals 
that might be infected by such use, and such 
quarantine shall continue in force and effect 
until removed by the board, and a violation of 
such quarantine shall be punished in the same 
manner as is provided for violation of other 
quarantine by this Act. Any person feeling 
himself aggrieved by any quarantine established 
under the provisions of this Act may appeal to 
the full Board of Live Stock Commissioners, 
who shall thereupon sustain, modify or annul 
such quarantine, as they may deem proper. 

Whenever quarantine is established in accord- 
ance with the provisions of this Act, valid notice 
of the same may be given by leaving with the 
owner or occupant of any premises so quaran- 
tined, in person, or by delivering to any member 
of his family, or any employee, over the age of 
ten years found upon the premises so quaran- 
tined, notice thereof, written or printed, or 
partly written and partly printed, and at the same 
time explaining the contents thereof. Such 
quarantine shall be sufficiently proven in any 



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court by the production of a true copy of such 
notice of quarantine with a return thereon of 
the service of the same in the manner above 
required, attested by the seal of the Board of 
Live Stock Commissioners, with the signature 
of the proper officer thereof. 

§ 8. All claims against the State arising from 
the slaughter of animals as herein provided for, 
shall be made to the Board of Live Stock Com- 
missioners under such rules, not inconsistent with 
this Act, as they may prescribe and it shall be 
the duty of said board to determine the amount 
which shall be paid in each case on account of 
the animals so slaughtered and fix the fair cash 
value thereof in health if of the bovine species, 
for beef, dairy and breeding purposes, in no 
event to exceed three hundred dollars ($300) for 
any registered animal and not to exceed one hun- 
dred fifty dollars ($150) for any animal not 
registered ; nor to exceed an average value of 
two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per head for 
all registered animals in any herd and not to 
exceed an average value of one hundred and 
twenty-five ($125) dollars per head for all non- 
registered animals in any herd, or if of the 
equine species, their fair cash market value in 
health, in no event to exceed two hundred fifty 
($250) dollars for any one animal, nor to exceed 
an average value of two hundred (200) dollars 
per head for all such animals of any herd, or if 
sheep or swine, their fair cash market value in 
health for meat or breeding purposes, in no event 
to exceed fifty ($50) dollars for any one animal, 
nor to exceed an average value of forty ($40) 
dollars per head for all such animals of any 
flock or herd, upon such inspection, hearing and 
inquiry as to the value of said animals as the 
said appraisers shall deem necessary for that pur- 
pose : Provided, however, that no value other 
than the market utility value of any animal shall 
be allowed or fixed unless a certificate of regis- 
tration issued by the registry association, 'of the 
breed of such animal, recognized by the United 
States Government, is furnished to the appraisers, 
and said appraisers shall report under oath the 
value of said animals, together with a statement 
of the evidence or facts upon which said appraise- 
ment is based, and said board shall certify the 
same to the Governor for his approval, and if 
the Governor shall find that said appraisers have 
proceeded in accordance with law, he shall ap- 



prove the same for payment, and the Auditor 
of Public Accounts shall, upon presentation of 
the same to him, thereupon issue his warrant 
upon the State Treasurer for the amount fixed by 
said appraisers in favor of the owner of the 
animals : Provided, that where Federal author- 
ity authorizes the payment of part of the value 
of such anmials the State shall only pay the 
balance of said appraisement fixed as aforesaid. 



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